Door hinge



Feb. 23, 1943. w. J. CONWELL DOOR HINGE Filed May 20, 1942 Patented Feb. 23, 1943 UNITED DOOR HINGE William J. Conwell, Elwood, Ind., assignor to G. I.

Sellers & Sons Company, Elwood, Ind., a corporation of Indiana Application May 20, 1942, Serial No. 443,799

2 Claims.

This invention relates to hinges, and has particular reference to an improved hinge especially designed and adapted for use in association with doors or other closures of the type which overlap the doorway defining elements of a cabinet, case or the like of which the door is a part.

One special object of the invention is to provide a simple, practical, inexpensive hinge for overlapping doors embodying a construction such that it may readily be applied to a door and its associated pillar or other support without any necessity of slotting or recessing the door and with only the necessity of cutting a small transverse slot in the pillar or other door support; which has only a very small portion thereof exposed at the front of a cabinet, case or the like when the overlapping door thereof is closed, and which permits the door to be closed tightly in contacting, overlapping relationship to the elements defining the doorway.

Another special object of the invention is to provide a hinge which is satisfactory when the small exposed part thereof is coated with paint, enamel or the like instead of with the usual metallic plating, the hinge construction in this respect bein such that the two parts of the hinge may swing relative to each other without any tendency of either part to rub or scrape a finishing coating of paint, enamel or the like from the other part.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will become more fully apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in a hinge embodying the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the different views:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a cabinet, case or the like of the overlapping door type, showing the door in closed position and suspended by means of a hinge constructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a cross section on the line 2-2 of Fig. l and illustrating by dotted lines an open position of the door; and

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the structure shown in Figs. 1 and 2 with the door in an open position.

Referring to the drawing in detail, A designates a portion of an element such as a pillar defining one side of a doorway in a structure such, for example, as a kitchen cabinet, case or the like, and B designates a portion of a so-called overlapping door, the marginal portions of which are adapted to lie in overlapping relationship to the front faces of the doorway defining members of the cabinet, case or the like when the door is closed, as illustrated by Way of example in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing.

The present improved hinge is particularly designed for us in association with doors of the type mentioned and comprises, as usual, a pair of leaves designated generally as C and D, respectively, the former for attachment to a doorway defining element such as the pillar A and the latter for attachment to a door such as the door B.

The leaf C comprises a vertical plate portion H] to be fastened by means of screws H or by any other suitable means against the inner edge of the pillar or equivalent member A, and a horizontal portion l2 extending outwardly from one end of said portion ID for disposition in a horizontal slot [3 in said member A extending from the inner edge of said member outwardly a distance substantially corresponding to the length of said portion I 2. In addition, the leaf C includes a horizontally disposed ear I4 extending forwardly from the horizontal portion l2 to project beyond the front face of the pillar or equivalent element A when the leaf C is operatively attached to said element. Moreover, the inner edge of the ear i4 is spaced outwardly from the vertical plate portion iii a suitable distance so that, without any necessity of slotting the door to accommodate said ear, the latter does not interfere with the adjacent marginal portion of the door B lying flatly against the outer face of the element A in overlapping relationship thereto when the door is closed. In this connection the inner edge of the element A may, of course, be recessed to any desired depth to accommodate the plate portion I0, but any such recessing is unnecessary and said plate portion preferably is fastened as shown against the inner edge of said element; A.

The leaf D comprises a vertical plate portion I5 to be fastened by screws IE or by any other suitable means against the rear face of the door B, and a horizontal portion [1 extending rearwardly from one end of said portion l5 and outwardly beyond the outer side edge of said portion l5 for disposition beyond the adjacent side edge of the door B when said leaf D is operatively attached to said door. In addition, the portion I! of the leaf D has extending forwardly from the outer end portion thereof a horizontally disposed ear I8 which is vertically alined with the ear M of the leaf C and which is connected with said ear M by a pivot pin I9 whereby the two leaves C and D are connected together for swinging movement relative to each other.

The distance between the pivot pin l9 and the outer edge of the vertical portion I5 of the leaf D preferably is greater than the distance between said pivot pin and the inner face of the vertical portion In of theleaf C. Thus, even though the front edge of the vertical portion lil of the leaf C may be disposed flush with the front face of the element A, the portion 15 of the leaf D may swing rearwardly beyond said front edge and there will be no interference between the portions l and with full closing of the door B.

Preferably the horizontal portions 12 and ll of the leaves C and D extend from the bottoms 7 of the vertical portions I0 and of said leaves,

respectively, and in that case the ear 18 will underlie the ear [4 as shown. However, the portion l2 may extend from the top of the portion II); in which case the ear M will underlie the ear l8; or the portion I! may extend from the top of the portion l5,-in which case the car It will underlie the ear [4 as in the first mentioned instance. In other words, both of the portions I0 and I5 may extend either upwardly or downwardly from the portions [2 and Il, respectively, or either of said portions [0 and I5 may extend either upwardly or downwardly from its related portion [2 or I! and the other of said portions I0 orv I5 may extend in the opposite direction from its related portion l2 or H as the case may be.

Preferably a washer 2llis interposed between the ears 14' andl8', but this is not essential. In any event no part of either leafv wipes across the edge of the ear of the other leaf as the leaves swing relative to each other. Manifestly, therefore, the leaves and particularly the ears l4 and I8 thereof may becoated with paint, enamel or the like instead of with the usual metallic plating, without danger of the paint, enamel or the. like being rubbed or scraped off as a result of swinging of the leaves relative to each other.

When the door B is closed, only the ears M and I8 are visible from in front of the cabinet, case or the like and as a result the structure presents an. exceptionally neat and attractive appearance. No slotting or recessing of the door is necessary and only a small slot such as the slot I3 is required to be cut in the pillar or other support A, while by having the ears l4, !8 project a suitable distance beyond the front face of the pillar or other support A the door B may be swung through nearly an angle of 180 to a fully open positionas. shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawing:

Without further description it is thought that the features and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and it will of course be understood that changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of the invention and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A hinge for use with a door and a door frame of the type in which the door frame includes a side element having therein a horizontal slot opening through its inner edge and its front face and in which the inner face of the door lies flush with the front face of the door frame and V marginally overlaps said frame side element when the door is closed, said hinge comprising a pair of leaves each formed from a single piece of sheet metal one of said leaves including a vertical plate portion to be fastened against the inner edge of said frame side element and further including a horizontal portion'bent outwardly from one end of said vertical plate portion for disposition in the slot of said frame side element, a horizontally disposed ear extending forwardly from said horizontal portion in the plane thereof for disposition beyond the front face of said frame side element, said ear having its inner side edge spaced outwardly from said vertical plate portion to permit the adjacent marginal portion of the door to lie flatly against the front face of said frame element in overlapping relationship thereto when the door is closed, the other of said leaves including a vertical plate portion to be fastened against the rear face of the door and further including a horizontal portion bent rearwardly from its verticalplate portion and extending outwardly beyond the'outer side edge of its said vertical plate portion for disposition beyond the adjacent side edge of the door, the said herizontal portion of said second mentioned leaf having'at its outer end and in the plane thereof a forwardly extending horizontally disposed ear spaced from the adjacent side edge of the plate portion of said second mentioned leaf for disposition outwardly with respect to the adjacent side edge of the door and to project forwardly partially across said edge of the door, the ears of the respective leaves being disposed in vertical alinement with each other, and a vertically disposed pin extending through said alined ears and pivotally' connecting them together. 7

2. A hinge as set forth in claim 1 in which the distance between the pivotal connection of the ears and the'outer edge of the vertical plate portion of the leaf to be fastened to the door is greater than the distance between said pivotal connection and the inner face of the vertical plate portion of the leaf to be fastened to the frame to permit the said first mentioned leaf to be swung to a door-closed position with its vertical portion lying in a plane rearwardly of the front edge of the vertical portion of the leaf to be fastened to the frame.

WILLIAM J. CONWELL. 

